Jonathan Schoenwald is the director of the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College. Jonathan comes to us from Princeton University, where he spent three years as the Director of Studies and then Dean of Rockefeller College. Born in Pittsburgh, he graduated from college in 1987, after which he worked for a number of years as a high school teacher and coach. A historian by training, Jonathan's research focuses on post-World War II American political culture, specifically examining the interrelationship between party politics, independent organizations, and popular culture, especially film. He has written widely on the rise of modern American conservatism from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. His current research project investigates the violent Left in America in the 1970s. Jonathan previously taught American history at the College of Wooster and humanities and history courses at Stanford. If he's not in his office, you might find Jonathan playing with his three sons in Prospect Park; swimming in the Hunter Pool; wandering through museums in the city; checking out photography galleries to add to his collection; running the Prospect Park loop; or exploring the city and all it has to offer.

Email: Jonathan.Schoenwald@hunter.cuny.edu
Phone: (212) 650-3556